1st Edition

Otherness in a Fragmented World Psychotherapy in Contemporary Society

By Michela Gecele Copyright 2025
100 Pages
by Routledge

100 Pages
by Routledge

100 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores a key theme both for humanity and for psychotherapy—how we can understand ourselves as a web of relational connections within the wider world that shapes us all. Grounds are the often invisible scenery of our life. They are all that concern us as human beings—the sum total of relationships, events, all that happens and has happened, our conquests, and our connections together... Read more

1. Culture as a Plurality of Maps Chapter  2. “Cultivating Humanity”—Intercultural Training Chapter  3. Otherness, Othernesses Chapter  4. Invisible Grounds Chapter  5. Narrating, Communicating, Translating Chapter  6. Linguistic Grounds—Bringing Reality to Life  Chapter  7. Novelty, Familiarity, Support— Relational Intentionality in Creative Adjustment References Hunger and Doubt. Afterword by Francesco Remotti Conclusions and Openings

Biography

Michela Gecele is an MD, Psychiatrist, and Gestalt psychotherapist. She formerly coordinated, in Turin, a psychological and psychiatric service for immigrants. She is an international trainer and supervisor, co-director of the International Institute of Gestalt Therapy and Psychopathology (IPSIG) and of the Turin School of Psychopathology, and co-founder of the International Study Group on Emergent Self and Field Theory (IG-FEST).